St Joseph’s Primary School

by | 18 April 2019 | Children's Group, Notice, Retford

The Catholic Life of St Joseph’s School in Retford is outstanding because the mission statement is a lived reality permeating all areas of school life, according to a recent inspection. It states that this is evident in the strong sense of community and the quality of the relationships throughout the school they ratedthe quality of Religious Education as outstanding because leaders at all levels have a passion for Religious Education, ensuring it has full parity with other core subjects.

Inspectors found teachers have high levels of confidence when teaching Religious Education, due to their secure subject knowledge which results in all pupils, relative to their age and capacity, being fully engaged in their learning and religiously literate. They also stated that the quality of Collective Worship is outstanding because it is central to the life of the school and staff and pupils plan and lead high quality acts of worship and participate with heartfelt reverence and enthusiasm.